Tulalip Resort Restaurants Are Honored With Two Wine Spectator Awards

Blackfish Wild Salmon Grill and Bar, showcases traditional Tulalip tribal cooking techniques, has recently been awarded their first Wine Spectator "Award of Excellence". In addition, Tulalip Bay Restaurant - the fine dining showpiece of the Resort's Food and Beverage program, was honored for a second year with the renowned magazine's "Best of Award of Excellence".

This year 2,842 restaurants earned the program's entry-level "Award of Excellence", which recognizes a wine list of 100 or more quality wine selections that thematically match a restaurant's cuisine. Another 878 restaurants earned the program's mid-tier "Best of Award of Excellence" for offering a wine list of 400 or more selections, with significant vintage depth or superior breadth in one or more major wine regions.

"It is an incredible honor and tribute having Wine Spectator recognize our dedication to maintaining a top-quality wine program and a firm commitment to the industry itself. I was absolutely thrilled when we received both awards, as was our team at the Resort" said Tulalip Resort Casino Sommelier Tom Thompson.

The complete list of 3,795 award winners will be listed in the Aug. 31 issue of Wine Spectator, which also features detailed industry analysis and full profiles of this year's new "Grand Award" winners. All of the restaurants can be found in WineSpectator.com's Restaurant Search, along with details about their wine selection, cuisine, prices and key staff.

About Tulalip Resort Casino
Tulalip Resort Casino has become the largest and most distinctive meeting, gaming, dining, entertainment and shopping destination in Washington State. The AAA Four Diamond resort destination's world-class amenities have earned the property Conde Nast Traveler Gold List status and the Seattle Weekly 2012 Best of Award "Reader's Choice - Best Casino". With six dining venues, headlined by the exceptional Tulalip Bay (TB) restaurant and Blackfish Wild Salmon Grill and Bar (BF), the restaurants have been individually honored with awards from Wine Spectator's "Best of Award of Excellence" (TB) and "Award of Excellence" (BF), the Washington Wine Commission "Award of Distinction" (BF) and "Grand Award" (TB) , the Seattle Magazine award for restaurant leadership in the business community (TB), to Wine Press Northwest's "Herbies" for an "Outstanding Washington Wine List" (TB). The Taste of Tulalip, the resort's annual signature food, wine and tradition event has also been recognized as the "Best Wine Event Featuring Washington Wine". Tulalip is conveniently located between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. just off Interstate-5 at exit 200 and is an enterprise of the Tulalip Tribes. For reservations please call (866) 716-7162 or visit www.tulalipresort.com